Overview

• Kayla Blake, 37, and her daughter, 13-year-old Kennedi McWhorter, were found dead Friday after a welfare check at their South Spring Street home, and the Rowan County coroner pronounced them deceased at the scene.
• Court documents allege Joshua W. Cottrell stabbed Blake in the head and McWhorter in the throat, that the bodies appeared to have been moved, and that investigators noted blood on his clothing.
• Kentucky State Police located Cottrell later that day at a Paducah-area hospital, where he was treated before being arrested; he is held at the McCracken County Jail on a $1 million cash bond.
• Officials say the investigation remains active and have not disclosed any confirmed motive or relationship between Cottrell and the victims.
• Court officials list Cottrell’s next appearance for Monday, and records note he previously was convicted of manslaughter in a 2003 case in which he admitted killing Richie Phillips and placing the body in a suitcase.